Skirt-drier.



"No. 717,439. Patented Dec. 30, I902" E. P. McCLOSKEY. SKIRT omen.

(Appl at on filed Jun 17 19021 (No Model.)

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SKIRT-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 717,439, dated December30, 1902.

- Application filed June 1'7 1902. Serial No. 112,062. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD PRESTON Mo- OLosKEY, a citizen of' the UnitedStates, residingat Altoon'a, in the county of Blair and State ofPennsylvania, haveinvented new and usefullmprovements in Skirt-Driers,ofwhich the following is a-specification.

This invention relates to a skirt-drier adapted to be suspended from aclothes-line or other analogous support; and the aim of the same is toprovide a simple and effective device having upwardly-folding arms toreduce the drier to compact form". for ready insertion through theopening of a skirt and to have the said arms automatically assumedistended positions by gravitation after they are fully inserted in theskirt to open up the latter and permit air to freely circulatetherethrough and facilitate drying of the skirt.

A further object of the invention is to provide a skirt-drierhavingconvenient organization for assembling the parts and also of strong anddurable nature.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts whichwill be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a skirt-drierembodying the features of the invention and showing the arms thereofdistended. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the stick at aplane above the arms and holding means for the latter. Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section, on an enlarged scale, through a portion ofthe drier, showing the arms folded.

Similar numerals of reference are employe to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a stick or hanger, having a book 2 secured tothe upper end thereof 'for engagement with'a clothes-line or otherdevice from which a skirt may be suspended. On the lower end of thestick a head 3 is secured and comprises a plurality of spaced arms-4 and5, radially extending from a central web and having their outer ends 6downwardly projected in planes at right angles. The arms 5 have a lessradial extent than the arms 4:, and the latter arms terminate inhorizontal securing-lips 7, which are .ing of the skirt.

attached by screws or other analogous devices 8 to the centralportionsof segments 9, which are round in cross-section and constructedfrom suitable bar metal. The segments 9 have a pivotal action on thearms 4, so that they can be turned to project one end outwardly and theopposite end inwardly for convenience in assembling expanding arms 10,mounted thereon and having openings 11, through which the oppositeportions of the said segments are passed, the inner ends of the armsbeing held under the central web, from which the arms 4 and 5 emanatewhen the several parts are in operative position. Below the central webfrom which the arms 4 and 5 project a clear space is formed, so that theinner extremities of the arm 10 may be freely turned downwardly withinthe plane of the several segments 9, which form a circle or ring whenthey are in normal position, as clearly shown by Fig. 3.

In the use of the device the arms 10 are folded upwardly against thestick 1 and inserted through the upper opening of a wet skirt, the saidarmslO and stick being pushed downwardly within the skirt until the book2 is caught over the clothes-line or other device from which the skirtis suspended. After the arms are released they automatically as sume adistended position and engage the skirt at opposite points and open upthe latter to permit air to freely circulate therethrough, and therebyhasten or facilitate dry- The arms 10 are applied over the segments byfirst turning each of the latter outwardly at one end and inwardly atthe opposite end, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to thereby exposeone end, which is passed through the opening 11 of the arm 10 to bearranged thereon. After one extremity of each segment has been passedthrough one of the arms the opposite extremities of the several segmentsare turned outwardly to similarly mount over arms 10 thereon, and afterall the arms have been placed in engagement with the segments the latterare disposed in normal position and will be so held when the severalarms are in engagement therewith. The arms 4 and 5 operate to keep "thearms 10 from moving around all the segments too great a distance, theouter angularly-bent terminals of the arms 4 and 5 serving as stops forthis purpose. The arms 5 are arranged in alternation in relation to thearms 4 and terminate Within the plane of the several segments, the loweredges of the angularly-bent terminals of the arms 5 being at such anelevation as to permit the adjacent ends of the segments to movethereunder, and for this purpose the contiguous ends of the segments areslightly-spaced apart and are disposed in central lines relatively tothe angularly-bent terminals of the said arms 5. In the event that anyone of the arms becomes broken it can be readily replaced by a new one,and in view of the simplicity of the entire device it can be cheaplymanufactured.

In its use the improved drier will be found Very convenient, and whennot in use it may be stored in a small space by infolding the arms 10against the stick Having thus fully described the invention, What isclaimed as new is- In a drier of the class set forth, the combination ofa stick having a head secured to the lower end thereof and comprising aseries of radial arms with angularly-bent terminals, a series ofsegments pivotally supported at their center by a portion of said arms,and distending arms loosely held on the opposite extremities of thesegments and having their inner ends extending beneath a portion of thehead when disposed in operative position, the segments being adapted tobe turned on the arms with the angular terminals attached thereto topermit the distending bars to be disposed thereon.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD PRESTON MCOLOSKEY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. DAUGHERTY, HENRY SNYDER.

